Curtain rod and bracket



Aug. 22, 1939. B. E. MoRmR'rYA CURTAIN ROD AND BRACKET Filed June 25, 1938 INVENTOR.. E mtlvlurlartg Patented Aug. 22, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2l Claims.

This invention appertains to curtain and drapery rods, and more particularly to rods of the extensible telescope type having wall brackets for detachably supporting the same in place.

In rods of this character, the wall brackets and the fastening elements therefor are generally sold with the rods. However, much diiiiculty is experienced by retail stores in handling the brackets and the fastening elements. The brackets often become misplaced and lost, and frequently inexperienced clerks fail to include the brackets when a rod is purchased.

Therefore, one of the primary objects of my invention is to provide novel means for associating the brackets with the rod at the factory, whereby all danger of the brackets becoming misplaced is eliminated, and whereby the rod and brackets can be sold and wrapped as a single unit.

Another salient object of my invention is to provide brackets having their rod-supporting arms or hooks disposed substantially centrally relative to their Wall plates, whereby the plates will extend beyond the opposite sides of the arms, the plates having awidth substantially equal to the interior width of the rod, so that the plates can be slid into one section of the rod, with the arms or hooks extending through the slot in the rod, displacement of the brackets from the rods being prevented'when the rod sections are arranged in telescoping relation, whereby the rods and brackets can be sold as a single unit.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and formation of parts, as will be hereafter more specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which drawing:

Figure l is a rear elevational view of a curtain or drapery rod, showing the novel means of associating the supporting brackets and the fastening elements therefor with the rod, whereby the rod, brackets, and fastening elements can be sold to the trade as a single unit, parts of the rod and the package for the fastening elements being shown broken away and in section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the rod, showing the brackets and fastening elements associated therewith, parts of the rod and the package for the fastening elements being shown broken away and in section.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through the rod, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein (Cl. 20G-47) section, and thus each of the sections 5 and 6 is Y provided with a longitudinally extending slot 1. The edges of the slots are preferably crimped inwardly, as at 8, in the rounded end bends 9 of the rods, so as to strengthen said bends, and these bends terminate in rearwardly directed, substantially tubular legs I0. The legs I0 adjacent their outer ends are provided with upper and lower openings II for the reception of the supporting brackets I 2, which will now be described.

The wall brackets I2 are of a special construction, and each bracket includes a wall plate I3 and a right-angularly extending arm or hook I4. The arm or hook I4 is disposed substantially centrally of the wall plate I3, and thus the ,wall plate extends beyond the opposite faces of the arm or hook I4. The wall plate I3 adjacent its upper and lower ends is provided with openings I5, so that the same can be secured in place by fastening elements I6. The width of the wall plates I3 of the brackets is substantially equal to or slightly less than the interior width of the inner telescoping rod section 6, and by this arrangement, the plates I3 of the wall brackets can be slipped into the hollow bodyV portion of the inner rod section E, with the arms or hooks thereof extending through the slot 1.

Lateral shifting movement of the brackets in the rod section is prevented due to the fact that the edges of the wall plates will engage the inner faces of the rod section, and thus the brackets cannot work their way through the slot "I. When the sections 5 and 6 are telescoped together, the brackets are then held firmly against displacement, and the brackets cannot work their way out of the ends of the rod sections. Thus, a rod with its brackets can be sold as a single unit.

In order to further facilitate the merchandising of the rod, the fastening elements I6 employed for seeming the brackets I2 to a surface can be placed in an envelope or other suitable package Il. The envelope is so shaped as to permit the same to be readily slipped into the innermost rod section 6 from its inner end when the rod sections 5 and 6 are disconnected. Obviously, after the rod sections are connected, displacement of thepackage Il will be prevented.

From the foregoing description it can be seen that I have provided novel means for constructing and forming curtain rods and their brackets, whereby the brackets and rods can be associated at a factory and sold and packaged as a single unit.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of my invention, but what I claim as new is:

1. As a new article oi' manufacture, a curtain rod assembly comprising, curtain rod sections of a substantially C-shape in cross-section having longitudinally extending slots, the sections being adapted for telescoping relation, Wall brackets for supporting the rod sections, each including a wall plate and a supporting arm, the wall plates extending beyond the opposite sides of the supporting arms and having a Width substantially equal to the interior width of a rod section, the wall plates being slipped into a rod section with the arms extending through the slot thereof, the

brackets being held against displacement from the rod, by the rod ends when the sections are in telescoping arrangement.

2. As a new article of manufacture to be sold to the trade as a unit, a curtain rod assembly comprising, a pair of telescoping sections, each of the sections being of a substantially tubular shape in cross-section and having a longitudinally extending slot, wall brackets for supporting the rod when the same is in use, each including a wall plate and an outwardly extending supporting arm, the wall plates extending beyond the opposite faces of the arms and having a widthsubstantially equal to the interior width of the innermost rod section the brackets being slid in the innermost rod section, with the arms extending through the slot, a package for receiving the fastening elements for the brackets, said package being of less width than the Width of the innermost rod section, and slid within the innermost rod section, the brackets and package being held against displacement when the rod sections are arranged in telescoping relation by the rod ends.

BENEDICT E MORIARTY. 

